Women Peace and Security (WPS) Programme Coordinator

General objective of the Job:

The WPS Programme Coordinator - Palestine is responsible for the overall coordination, implementation and delivery of the WPS Programme in Palestine. The role provides strategic and technical leadership for country-level programme implementation, ensuring effective planning, partnership management, programme quality, monitoring, reporting, budget oversight and stakeholder engagement.

Working under the supervision of the WPS Regional Programme Manager, the Coordinator ensures that programme implementation aligns with the regional WPS strategy, the programme’s Theory of Change, donor commitments and War Child’s policies and procedures. The coordinator serves as one of the primary country focal points for the WPS Programme and represents the programme with relevant national & international stakeholders, including relevant ministries and coalitions.

Responsibilities and Tasks:

1. Programme Coordination and Management

• Co-lead the overall coordination, implementation and adaptive management of the WPS Programme in Palestine, ensuring timely, high-quality delivery of programme commitments.

• Develop and oversee country work plans, implementation schedules and risk mitigation measures in collaboration with implementing partners and the WPS Regional Programme Manager.

• Ensure implementation remains aligned with the programme’s Theory of Change, regional strategy and donor requirements.

• Coordinate programme implementation on a day-to-day basis, ensuring activities respond to evolving contextual needs and opportunities.

• Ensure compliance with War Child policies, donor requirements and organizational procedures, including finance, procurement, safeguarding, security and documentation.

• Identify implementation challenges and risks, proposing timely mitigation measures and adaptive programming approaches.

2. Financial Management and Programme Quality

• Work closely with the Finance team and implementing partners to ensure accurate financial forecasting, reporting and compliance with donor and organizational requirements.

• Ensure implementing partners understand and comply with War Child and the donor financial procedures and grant management requirements in coordination with the Finance and WPS Regional Programme Manager.

• Monitor programme performance against approved work plans, budgets, indicators and results frameworks.

• Promote continuous programme quality improvement by identifying lessons learned and integrating evidence into programme implementation.

3. Partnership Management and Capacity Strengthening

• Co-Lead and coordinate relationships with the eight implementing partners in Palestine, fostering collaborative, transparent and accountable partnerships.

• Ensure effective programme governance through regular technical coordination meetings, partner consultation and joint decision-making processes.

• Identify organisational capacity-strengthening needs among partners and coordinate technical support, mentoring and learning initiatives.

• Provide ongoing technical guidance to implementing partners on Women, Peace and Security programming, localisation, feminist programming approaches and programme quality standards.

• Conduct regular field monitoring visits to assess implementation progress, identify challenges and provide technical support.

4. Strengthening Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, Learning and Reporting (MEAL)

• Work closely with the MEAL team to ensure effective monitoring, evaluation and learning systems are implemented throughout the programme.

• Monitor progress against programme indicators, milestones, budgets and expected outcomes.

• Support the identification and application of appropriate MEAL methodologies to strengthen programme learning, accountability and evidence generation.

• Consolidate narrative reports submitted by implementing partners and prepare timely country-level reports for submission to the WPS Regional Programme Manager.

• Contribute to regional learning processes by documenting lessons learned, promising practices and recommendations for programme adaptation.

5. Representation, Coordination and Strategic Engagement

• Serve as one of the primary focal points for the WPS Programme in Palestine.

• Represent the programme with relevant ministries, coordination mechanisms and other relevant national and international stakeholders.

• Represent the programme on relevant coordination platforms, working groups and thematic networks, ensuring effective information sharing with implementing partners and the regional programme team.

• Develop and maintain productive relationships with government institutions, civil society organisations, women’s rights organisations, and other strategic stakeholders.

• Promote coordination and complementarity with other actors to maximize programme impact and avoid duplication.

• Identify strategic opportunities to strengthen Women, Peace and Security programming and influence policy and practice in Palestine, in close collaboration with implementing partners and the WPS Regional Programme Manager.

• Support programme visibility and strategic communications in coordination with War Child communication teams and implementing partners.

6. Safeguarding and Organisational Responsibilities

• Promote and uphold War Child’s Integrity Framework, Safeguarding Policy and Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) standards throughout programme implementation.

• Ensure implementing partners understand and comply with safeguarding and accountability requirements.

• Undertake any other duties reasonably assigned by the WPS Regional Programme Manager or the Country Director that are consistent with the nature of the role.

Knowledge and experience:

Core Competencies

• Excellent coordination and organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.

• Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills, with demonstrated ability to build trust and maintain productive partnerships.

• Excellent facilitation, negotiation, mediation, and representation skills, including experience engaging with government institutions, UN agencies, donors and civil society.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including high-quality report writing and presentation skills.

• Strong leadership and influencing skills, with the ability to work independently while fostering collaboration across diverse stakeholders.

• Demonstrated commitment to gender equality, women’s rights, safeguarding, localisation and humanitarian principles.

• Ability to work effectively within a matrix management structure and collaborate across multidisciplinary and multicultural teams.

• High level of integrity, professionalism and accountability.

Education and Experience

• Master’s degree in Gender Studies, International Development, International Relations, Peace and Conflict Studies, Political Science, Social Sciences, or another relevant field. A Bachelor’s degree combined with substantial relevant experience may be considered.

• At least 5–7 years of progressively responsible experience managing gender, women’s rights, peacebuilding, governance, protection or related programmes in humanitarian and/or development settings.

• Demonstrated experience working with national NGOs, women’s rights organisations and government counterparts.

• Strong understanding of conflict-sensitive programming and gender-transformative approaches.

• Experience working with institutional donors and managing donor-funded programmes.

• Experience working on gender equality and women’s rights in Palestine is essential.

• Fluency in Arabic and professional proficiency in English, both written and spoken.

Technical Competencies

• Strong knowledge of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, including the UN Security Council WPS resolutions, National Action Plans, and gender-transformative programming approaches.

• Demonstrated understanding of partnership-based programming, localisation, feminist leadership principles, and working with women’s rights organisations (WROs) and civil society organisations (CSOs).

• Proven experience in programme planning, implementation, monitoring, budgeting, reporting and adaptive programme management.

• Strong understanding of results-based management, MEAL approaches and donor compliance requirements.

• Experience managing partnerships, and multi-stakeholder coordination processes.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities in complex and rapidly changing contexts.

War Child is committed to the highest standards of child safety. All staff are expected to adhere strictly to the War Child Safeguarding Policy. Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record verification.

War Child is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage qualified candidates of all backgrounds to apply.